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Index
Cover
Title Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Figuring Out How Long All This Studying Will Take
Part I: Coming to Terms with Reality: An Overview of the ACT
Chapter 1: Getting Your ACT Together: ACT 101
What to Take to the ACT
What Not to Take to the ACT
What to Do If You Have Special Circumstances
Guessing for Points to Maximize Your Score
Your Number’s Up: Scoring on the ACT
What the ACT Expects You to Know
Repeating the Test for a Better Score
Chapter 2: Succeeding on the ACT
Surviving the ACT with Four Stress-Busters
Avoiding a Few Dumb Mistakes That Can Mess Up Your ACT
Chapter 3: Surviving the College Admissions Process
What’s the Main Thing Colleges Look For?
How Do Higher ACT Scores Increase My Scholarship Chances?
Do Schools Care Whether I Repeat the ACT?
What Classes Should I Take in High School?
How Helpful Are Sports and Charity?
What Should I Say on the College Essay?
What Will They Ask Me in the Interview and What Should I Say?
How Do I Decide Which School Is Best for Me?
What’s the Biggest Mistake Most Students Make in College Planning?
How Do I Make My Final Decision?
Part II: Serving Your “Sentence”: The English Test
Chapter 4: Mastering the English Test
Figuring Out What the English Questions Want You to Know
Seeing Is Believing: The Test’s Format
Their Pain, Your Gain: Looking Out for Traps That Others Fall into
Chapter 5: Getting a Grip on Grammar and Usage
Reviewing the Parts of Speech
Piecing Together the Parts of a Sentence
Keeping Track of Punctuation Rules for Every Occasion
Chapter 6: Spotting Usage Errors and Ripping Through Rhetorical Questions
Spotting Mistakes: Commonly Tested Errors
Checking for Sentence Clarity and Proper Organization
Chapter 7: It’s Not What You Say but How You Say It: English Practice Questions
Part III: Don’t Count Yourself Out: The Math Test
Chapter 8: Number Nuts and Bolts
The Wonderful World of Numbers
Minor Surgery: Basic Math Operations
Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages
Ratios and Proportions
Covering Your Bases: Exponents
Smooth Operator: Order of Operations
Average, Median, Mode, and More
Abracadabra: Elementary Algebra
Chapter 9: More Figures than a Beauty Pageant: Geometry and Trig Review
Toeing the Line
Analyzing Angles
Triangle Trauma
Thanks 4 Nothing: A Quick Look at Quadrilaterals
Missing Parrots and Other Polly-Gones (Or Should We Say “Polygons”?)
Measuring up polygons
Running Around in Circles
Trying Your Hand at Trigonometry
Chapter 10: Algebra and Other Sleeping Aids
Suffering Inequalities
Things Aren’t Always What They Seem: Symbolism
Too Hip to Be Square: Roots and Radicals
Thinking Exponentially: Logarithms
Barely Functioning with Functions
Taking a Flight on the Coordinate Plane
Picking Your Way through Percent Increase, Probability, and Combinations
Chapter 11: Numb and Number: Acing the Mathematics Test
What You See Is What You Get: The Format and Breakdown of the Math Test
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: What Isn’t on the Math Test
Getting into the Grind: The Approach
Translating English into Math
Time Flies When You’re Having Fun: Timing Tips
Do’s, Don’ts, and Darns: What to Do and Not Do on the Math Test
Chapter 12: More Fun than a Root Canal: Mathematics Practice Questions
Part IV: Time to Read the Riot ACT: The Reading Test
Chapter 13: This, Too, Shall Pass(age): Sailing through the Reading Test
Facing 40 Questions: The Reading Test
Getting Prepared: Reading Strategies
Identifying Reading Question Types
Figuring Out Reading Question Formats
Tips and Traps
Chapter 14: Where Are CliffsNotes When You Need Them? Reading Practice Questions
Part V: Studying Brain Defects in Laboratory Rats: The Science Test
Chapter 15: From Frankenstein to Einstein: Excelling on the Science Test
Too Graphic for Words: The Science Test’s Format
The Android’s Favorite: Data Representation
Experiments Galore: Research Summaries
Warring Factions: Conflicting Viewpoints
Chapter 16: Faking Atomic Ache Won’t Get You Out of This: Science Practice Questions
Passage
Initial Analysis
Questions
Part VI: Writing Rightly: The Optional Writing Test
Chapter 17: What to Expect from the ACT Writing Test
Rattling Your Writing with Some Loose Screws
Making the Grade: How the ACT Folks Score Your Essay
Reviewing Some Example Essays and Their Scores
Chapter 18: Excelling on Your Essay: The Writing Test Review
Keeping It Simple: Developing a Perspective
Fightin’ with the Test’s Words: Incorporating the Question
Putting Up Your Dukes: Defending Your Perspective
Throwing a Good First Punch: The Hook
The Proof Is in the Pudding: Proving Yourself
Hamburger Writing: Organizing Your Essay
Wielding the Red Pen: Editing and Proofing
Chapter 19: Practicing Promptly with Practice Prompts: Essay Practice Questions
Writing Prompt 1
Writing Prompt 2
Part VII: Putting It All Together with Three Full-Length Practice ACTs
Chapter 20: Practice Exam 1
Answer Sheet
English Test
Mathematics Test
Reading Test
Science Test
Writing Test
Chapter 21: Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations
English Test
Mathematics Test
Reading Test
Science Test
Writing Test
Score One for Your Side: The Scoring Guide
Answer Key for Practice Exam 1
Chapter 22: Practice Exam 2
Answer Sheet
English Test
Mathematics Test
Reading Test
Science Test
Writing Test
Chapter 23: Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations
English Test
Mathematics Test
Reading Test
Science Test
Writing Test
Answer Key for Practice Exam 2
Chapter 24: Practice Exam 3
Answer Sheet
Science Test
Chapter 25: Practice Exam 3: Answers and Explanations
English Test
Mathematics Test
Reading Test
Science Test
Writing Test
Answer Key for Practice Exam 3
Part VIII: The Part of Tens
Chapter 26: Ten Wrong Rumors about the ACT
You Can’t Study for the ACT
Different States Have Different ACTs
The ACT Has a Passing Score
The ACT Tests IQ
You Can’t Use a Calculator on the ACT
You Should Never Guess on the ACT
The ACT Is Easier Than the SAT
Selective Colleges Prefer the SAT to the ACT
You Have to Write an Essay
You Shouldn’t Take Both the SAT and the ACT
Chapter 27: Attention, Parents! Ten Ways You Can Help Your Student Succeed on the ACT
Give Him Awesome Test-Prep Materials
Encourage Her to Study
Supply Him with a Good Study Environment
Take Practice Tests with Her
Model Good Grammar for Him
Help Her Memorize Math Formulas
Encourage Him to Read
Explore Colleges with Her
Get Him to the Test Site on Time
Help Her Keep a Proper Perspective
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